Slow Way Home

by TVNerd

Sequel to Unsettling Reunions. Genderbender! Jamie and Spock have just saved earth but their relationship is on the rocks. Can the pair come together despite the time and secrets between them or are they doomed to remain as they are?

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Slow Way Home
Chapter 21

[Day 29 of 45]

Jim had just gotten off her shift and decided to head down to Engineering. It wasn't a long journey, one she'd gotten very good at.

She could walk that path in her sleep, as she walked it nearly every day.

Entering Engineering she saw Scotty but he was busy arguing with somebody. So she went and found something that needed done. The work she was doing was monotonous. She didn't need to use her brain from the repetition and it was easy work.

Spending that shift down there she was able to think about her children who she missed greatly. She was thinking about her stupid father in law that she wanted to kick upside the head. And she was thinking of Christopher Pike, who was a total ass and should have never lied to her.

That's when the shift was ending and she prepared to leave, go and see where-else she was needed. But she heard a noise and turned.

Then she was thrown backwards as a nearby console exploded, causing three more explosions. Everything went dark for Jim…